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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Judaea"”.
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Judaean Political Organisation (104-76 BCE)
The thesis seeks to more accurately understand Judaean political organisation during the reign of King Alexander Jannaeus (104-76 BCE). I suggest that the balance of evidence does not support an understanding of Hasmonaean Judaea as a militaristic patrimony. That is, I dispute a view of Judaean …
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Language in Roman Caesarea Maritima
Caesarea Maritima, capital and economic centre of Judaea-Palestine, was a city of many identities – Christian, Greek, Jewish, Roman, Samaritan – and many languages – Aramaic, Greek, Hebrew and Latin. Using the methodology of modern sociolinguistics, I examine how all these different identities and …
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From hostage to historian: Josephus, the emperors, and the city of Rome
The voluminous works of the Judaean historian Flavius Josephus have been and continue to be of tremendous importance for our understanding of the worlds in which he lived. For centuries his works have been thoroughly investigated by scholars in diverse fields. Until more recently, however, the …
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Sefer Tagin—Olde Face, Slab-Serifs and Semi-Ligatures. Covenantal warnings and reassurance. Re-housing the Temple within the Torah.
… the feeling by the author that the people of Judaea were being punished for forsaking God, though balanced by the reassurance of the promise that the berit (covenant) still held. This echoes the Deuteronomic dichotomy of the blessings and curses playing out, depending on Israel’s behaviour. …
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The economy of the Temple of Jerusalem and its clergy in the Hellenistic period.
… and the international trade of the province of Judaea. The Judaean trade, especially that of Jerusalem, was also greatly boosted by the Temple three-yearly mass pilgrimage from the Judaeans and perhaps from Herod onwards also from the Diaspora, and by the religious obligation to spend the …
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The Celibate Christ: A Suggestive Reading of John 20:17 μή μου ἅπτου οὔπω γὰρ ἀναβέβηκα (“Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended”)
… Chapter Five locates John’s narrative in Judaea, the home of Essenism, and suggests that both groups shared an espousal of eschatological celibacy. In Chapter Six, a comparison of 20:17 with Jesus’ subsequent invitation to Thomas to touch him (20:27), shows a common Johannine theme of …